he mentioned it in passing
1passing — pass|ing1 [ pæsıŋ ] adjective only before noun * 1. ) moving past: He was found by a passing motorist. Bridget grabbed a glass of champagne from a passing waiter. 2. ) lasting only a short time, and usually not very important or serious: a… …
2Passing (association football) — Passing the ball is a key part of association football. This brings an advantage in that helps secure possession of the ball, particularly as play is taken towards the opponents goal. The skill of dribbling the ball is seen much less in modern… …
3Passing (racial identity) — Examples US civil rights leader Walter Francis White (who was blond haired, blue eyed, and very pale skinned), the chief executive of the NAACP from 1929 until his death in 1955, was of mixed race and mostly white ancestry. Five of his great… …
4passing — [[t]pɑ͟ːsɪŋ, pæ̱s [/t]] 1) ADJ: ADJ n A passing fashion, activity, or feeling lasts for only a short period of time and is not worth taking very seriously. Hamnett does not believe environmental concern is a passing fad... He had never taken more …
5passing — passingly, adv. passingness, n. /pas ing, pah sing/, adj. 1. going by or past; elapsing: He was feeling better with each passing day. 2. brief, fleeting, or fortuitous; transitory: to take a passing fancy to something. 3. done, given, etc., in… …
6in passing — adverb incidentally; in the course of doing something else (Freq. 1) he made this remark in passing • Syn: ↑en passant * * * INCIDENTALLY, by the by/way, en passant. → passing * * * adverb : by the way …
7in passing — if you say something in passing, you mention it while you are talking about something else He mentioned her in passing but I didn t think anything of it at the time …
8The Passing of the Great Race — The Passing of The Great Race; or, The racial basis of European history was an influential book of scientific racism written by the American eugenicist, lawyer, and amateur anthropologist Madison Grant in 1916. The book was very influential in… …
9in passing — {adv. phr.} While talking about that subject; as extra information; also. * /Our teacher showed us different kinds of flowers and told us in passing that those flowers came from her garden./ * /The writer of the story says he grew up in New York… …
10in passing — {adv. phr.} While talking about that subject; as extra information; also. * /Our teacher showed us different kinds of flowers and told us in passing that those flowers came from her garden./ * /The writer of the story says he grew up in New York… …
